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01 CON ● ACTION ● SIX OF DIAMONDS

( Ever since Adalinda arrived here, she's mostly staying out of sight and keeping to herself -- keeping away from people. If anyone attempted to talk to her up to this point or noticed her hovering close to them while they spoke to someone, she'll feign needing to be somewhere else and get the hell out of there before she can be confronted.

Until she gets her bearings and knows she won't lose her cool at the sight of anything/anyone/whatever, she needs to be by herself and think over the events that lead up to this. Because seriously! Wings on her back? This fancy journal machine... thing that seems to be able to contact others after she carefully inspected it? This sure as hell isn't Germany.

She finally comes to the conclusion that this isn't some sort of elaborate scheme hatched out by the Woman or this is some sort of dying dream she's having. Good for her? Bad for her? Who knows. All she's certain of is that there's a lot of places to explore but sticks to the buildings and houses and you know. Signs of life in this place. Seeing how she's possibly the only member in the Doe gang to be here, she can't afford risking the possibility of getting in trouble until her friends arrived to get her. One way or another. )

I suppose I have to make the most out of this until James or Josie get me out of this mess. Hell, I'll take up Jacob's help if it means getting nagged by him. First things first...

( She gives a distasteful look at her new outfit. One thing she cannot abide is being stuck with the clothes she finds herself wearing and careful inspection of the place she woke up this morning reveals no signs of her original outfit.

So rain or not she'll be heading to the Clothing Shop to find something nicer to wear and then check out the Welcome Center after hearing about it here and there. For now she'll duck into buildings or go closer to houses in a subtle attempt to inspect them, scout them out. She's no Point Person but she reckons she can pick up a thing or two from what she may 'accidentally' see or 'overhear'.

That and the rain was annoying to deal with how it made her hair get so matted and tangled and she wanted as much shelter from the weather as possible until she got to her destinations. She has a feeling this place doesn't have her brand of hair products. Great. )

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[There's a bald monk of teenage age in the Welcome Center, standing on a ladder as he sets up a glitter-covered poster for the upcoming cultural fair, when he hears someone enter.]

Just a minute!

( The person in front of her isn't what she had in mind when she heard of the Welcome Center.

Then again Louis isn't what she had in mind when he came and replaced Andrew but he proved competent enough. And she can't afford risking offending people. Who knows what they could do to her if angered. She smiles and nods, waving her hand a bit to show she's alright with what she's heard. )

Please! Do take your time with that. You're clearly busy. In fact--( Ugh. Glitter. Why did there have to be glitter on the posters he was setting up? )--would you like some help setting those up? I might as well make myself useful while I'm here.

[Because he has a seven year old granddaughter from the future who's running the art club and he himself has nothing against glitter really. But he looks towards her with a smile.]

I'm not that busy. I'm just gonna put up one more here anyway, and I think the rest'll go in different parts of town.

( Familial loyalty is always nice. Not Adalinda's thing thanks to someone but pretty nice.

Thank goodness she didn't actually need to go through with her promise. She's more than happy to stand back and not be a nuisance when he climbs back down after finishing with his task. )

I can wait until then. It's not like I'll be leaving anytime soon from what I've been told by others here.

[Aang gives a slight chuckle and goes to grab the next poster. But he talks a bit more seriously.]

Yeah. It's impossible to tell when people will go home, but I don't think I've heard of someone disappearing after just a day. Either way, I'll do what I can to help you adjust while you're here.

( That was. Genuinely sweet of someone to offer for her. He didn't need to work here or offer to help but he is and she supposes it's nice to know that there are good people out there in the world. Universes. Dimensions. Realities. Whatever. )

Thank you. I'm relieved to know that you'll be willing to do that for me-- ( She pauses and lightly slaps her forehead, viciously berates herself in her head for forgetting to do this. Again. Interaction is supposed to be her thing and she keeps forgetting to tell them her name? Why was she allowed in the gang again? ) I feel so silly with how I keep forgetting my manners! I swear, I'm putting the blame on the blacking out for throwing me off like this.

I'm Addie and thank you in advance for your help. Any of it will be a blessing for me at the moment.

Don't worry about it! [He offers a soft, reassuring chuckle.] This place has a way of messing with our heads. It's nice to meet you, Addie! My name's Aang.

Hello, Monsieur Aang. It's been so refreshing to see nothing but friendly faces since arriving here. Nothing like the streets of Berlin from where I'm from.

( It certainly easier for her to insert herself into if they're not suspicious of new arrivals. That's one worry down for the time being. ) I must admit some things. I've been told this is where the... the 'New Feathers' go if they want to get 'started' but I never did learn the specifics from those I learned it from thanks to this weather. I hope you will not be annoyed if I start to pester you with questions you surely must have heard a hundred times now.

[Aang approaches her with a welcoming smile. "Berlin" sounds familiar - he's been reading enough at the library to know it's some kind of Earth place.]

It's not annoying at all! You definitely came to the right place. I'll be glad to answer any of your questions.

( What should she ask first? There were so many things she wanted to know about this place. )

Well. I should tackle the important question of where I can stay here before I ask anything possibly silly to you. I've been told everything was for free here so I presume shelter falls under that but it's organized in a way to there's always space for everyone.

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You're right about that! There's more space around this village then there's people, so there's plenty of empty spaces and no need to charge anyone for it. You could just start forgetting money ever exists! [Aang's definitely cool with that notion; it's the nomad way.]

That's an interesting concept to think about. ( That sounds more like a nightmare to Addie, truth be told. Certainly for some members of the group. ) Could I ask how the distribution of the living spaces works, exactly? Do we have to share rooms with people or are there little places for each for us to live? I can work with anything since I don't want to be a burden to anyone.

( She hopes for something individual since she has a feeling she might not be able to keep up this French accent twenty four hours, seven days a week. )

You don't have to if you don't want to. A lot of the apartments and houses are empty, so you can live wherever you want by yourself. You just find a place and start living there!

( Much as she'll like an entire house to herself, the idea of being reminded of how empty it was if she lived in one by herself did not appeal to her. )

I think I'll stick to an apartment for now! Always did prefer a quiet space to have. ( Wha was here second question again?

She looks up in thought and spots something. Ah! She remembers now. ) I noticed that those posters you put up earlier were advertising for something. What do people do for fun, exactly? Or for work to help maintain order here? I don't know much besides how to sew and how to mend clothes thanks to-- ( Her missing brother and even then it was basic things. ) --my course back home but maybe it could be of help.

Well let's see. [He thinks for a moment before tackling each of her points - living with Ikki all this time has trained him in this.] The posters are for the cultural fair next month. You can show off stuff from your culture and any other culture from your world! For fun, we do whatever we want! We can explore, play games, just hang out with friends, try out tricks and all kinds of cool things. There isn't a lot of need to maintain order since people don't cause trouble here a lot, but keeping each other updated on the journals helps. And sewing's definitely a good thing! Lots of people need holes cut into their clothes for wings, so you could always help at one of the clothing shops. [Especially since the big fashion person around, Shiki, had been sent home not too long ago.]

( Cultural fair? That is something she'll go to for sure. With the varied sights and people and beings she saw during her observation before, she was curious as to what they were, where they came from and more. This fair would be an excellent excuse to learn more about them and not look suspicious in asking questions. Bless community spirit. )

I guess with how people and others have been here for so long, I shouldn't be too surprised that natural order and entertainment has sprung up. ( At least she can trust this group to work together in a crisis. That's a relief to know. ) Hmmm. Is that all? I believe I can do something simple as cutting holes open and adjusting clothing. I can start on it tomorrow too if that is possible.

Yeah - that stuff! [He's not exactly sure what she means with that terminology, but he just goes with it.] And wow... that'd be cool! If you want to do it, you can start whenever you choose to.

Tomorrow it is. ( It was nice to get a straightforward answer for once. More excuses for her to explore and see this place. ) I can just enter the store and start helping out with the clothes or is there anyone I need to inform first.

I don't really know for sure. No one will stop you if you start helping out yourself, most likely, but maybe it would help to talk to whoever's around first. ...And maybe you should be careful, since some people might not want their clothes to have holes in it and instead'll think of something else for their wings.

( Careful? Don't tell her there are people here with terrible tempers for over the tiniest things. Nice to know there are some things you can't change when it comes to different worlds/realities/whatever this place is. ) I promise to do my best in being careful. I wish to not cause any trouble at all and only want to help out.

I suspect this means I do not touch any more intricate or well-made clothing until I'm sure no one owns them, yes? General clothing like shirts and blouses and dresses are fine but, let's say, uniforms or what seems to be personal garbs are out of the question.

Something like that! It sounds like you have a lot of it figured out already.

Thank you! My grand-mère always did say to think of things ahead when you have the time. A question now that I mentioned uniforms-- ( She gestures to what he's wearing, noting the outfit is something similar to what perhaps someone in her world might wear? For what specifically she isn't sure. ) I take it that clothes that look like that are not to be touched and instead I'll alert you if I find them?

Uh... sure! I'd really appreciate that. It could even belong to someone I know. [Ikki does have clothes like him, too. And... well, it's hard not to imagine the possibilities of other air nomads or more of his future family showing up here one day.] Your grand-mere must be real smart.

He-- { No. They’re talking about her ‘grandmother’ who is credited with the advice. Not the long gone father who actually said it when trying to help his tired wife get through their latest batch of clothes that needed patching before the day ended, before they--

She corrects herself easily, breezily. Without too much care in the world. } She was a remarkable woman and I do miss her. I have not been here even for a day and I find myself pining for her reassurance. If it is not too incriminating for me to ask... Does it get easier? The pining for one's home? You must have been here for some time to be so in tune with this lovely location.

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